Opinion

OPINION: JUST CONCLUDED PARTY PRIMARIES AND MATTERS ARISING

The primaries for the election of candidates for various elective positions for next year’sgeneral elections have come and gone.Those who won now have bigger challenges to confront, while those who lost now have enough time to plan for better...

OPINION: ANAMBRA CLO TO FG: WALK THE TALK ON AUSTERITY MEASURES

As the world marks Human Rights Day 2014, Anambra CLO wants government to walk the talk on austerity measures In 1950, the UN General Assembly decided that every December 10th would be celebrated as Human Rights Day. This is the direct...

OPINION: THE WEIGHT OF BUHARI-OSINBAJO PRESIDENTIAL TICKET

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After a lot of speculations and behind-the-scene manipulations, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, presented Professor Yemi Osinbajo to the public as his running mate for the 2015 presidential election. The choice was...

OPINION: CHANGE IS NO AGE BARRIER: BUHARI GETS TUNISIAN EXAMPLE

There has been so much talk about General Muhammadu Buhari contesting at the age of 72. There has been so much talk especially from the opposition that he is too old but people who truly seek 'change' know that...

OPINION: DOYIN OKUPE IS A BIG FAT IDIOT

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell A large noise from a large man inside Aso Rock Propaganda Empire echoes across an imposing cacophony rising above all critics of President Goodluck...

OPINION: CELEBRATING US-CUBA “NEW START”

"It's a courageous and historically necessary step. It's possibly the most important step of his presidency." Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro Not many people saw it coming yet it did. In fact, not many would think this day will ever...

OPINION: IMO STATE AND “BIKO HARAM” (PART 1)

A look at the socio-political and economic environment in Imo State today reveals a horrifying picture. There is massive corruption, staggering poverty, unemployment, poor state of education due to lack of funds for schools, deteriorating infrastructures and general degree...

OPINION: POPE FRANCIS, THE POPE WHO LOVES GOD

A few years ago the Roman Catholic Church Cardinals left agonistic Europe and went to South America to mint a new pope. Some argued then that he was still European because his parents had migrated from Italy and that...

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT JONATHAN AND GENERAL BUHARI

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan President, Commander-in-Chief The Villa Abuja And General Mohammed Buhari APC Party Headquarters Abuja December 16, 2014 Your Excellencies, Shortly after his appointment as National Security Adviser, General Patrick Aziza, at his own request, met with me in my office in Lagos to discuss the State...

OPINION: NIGERIAN PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM DUE TO “NIGERIANTITIS,” A SOCIETAL HOMEGROWN SICKNESS

Nigerians apparently are the source of their massive problems, as a result of what could be called Nigeriantitis or Nigeriantiatis, a deep-seated societal syndrome. Nigeriantitis is viewed as a characteristic combination of a variety of familial, geographical, cultural, religious,...